Both teams have changed coaches since their meeting in October.

Update: Changes aplenty. Since the last meeting between the Ducks and Blues, on Oct. 16, both teams have changed coaches. St. Louis replaced Davis Payne with veteran Ken Hitchcock, providing an instant boost, and more recently the Ducks brought in Bruce Boudreau after firing Randy Carlyle. The Ducks' win over the Blues before all those changes was in the midst of a four-game winning streak. Since that streak, the Ducks have not won back-to-back games. Ducks forward Andrew Gordon, who played for Boudreau in Washington, was scratched for Tuesday's game against the Kings. He had played in the first 26 games of the season but came out of the lineup when enforcer George Parros was cleared to return.